تقولshe says ليto me واعتنقناand we embraced
تقول لي واعتنقنا
فأبصرتنيthen she saw me باليwasted away
فأبصرتني بالي
She said to me, as we embraced,
You said to me, "Let's embrace"
and she saw me wasted away:
So I saw myself in distress
هذاthis اللقاءmeeting منامa dream
هذا اللقاء منام
وأنتand you طيفa phantom خيالimagination
وأنت طيف خيال
“This meeting is a dream,
This meeting is but a dream
and you are a phantom of imagination.”
And you are an illusion
فقلتso I said كلاno ولكنand yet
فقلت كلا ولكن
اساءworsened بينكparting from you حاليmy condition
اساء بينك حالي
I said, “No, but
So I said, "No, but..."
parting from you has worsened my condition,
My state has worsened between us
فليسso it is not يعرفdistinguished منيin me
فليس يعرف مني
حقيقتيmy reality منfrom محاليmy unreality
حقيقتي من محالي
so that none can distinguish in me
For no one can know of me
my reality from my unreality.”
My true essence, it's impossible